The finalists in the European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards (ECHA) 2017 have been announced.
The awards, recognising standards of excellence in the professional cleaning sector Europe-wide and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel in Rome on 9th November 2017.
Service providers, manufacturers and distributors in the sector submitted over 140 entries, and judges have now selected their finalists in the 10 categories:
Best use of technology by contractors in their cleaning programmes.
Sponsored by Diversey Care
BeSense and CSU
Bouygues Energies & Services with SmartView Technology
Xenex germ-zapping robot disinfection system in hospitals
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
University of Wolverhampton and SmartTask
Commitment to and investment in training.
Sponsored by Greenspeed
Birkin Services
Cleaning Dry System
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
“Markas Academy” Project
Excellence in client/contractor partnerships.
Birkin Services
FBD and Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
Youngflex: co-creation by Albeda College and Gom Schoonhouden
Distributors – excellence in added value initiatives.
Sponsored by Lucart
Eko Iniciativa by Valtex
ICE Smartcall
Kenter
WE Italia SRL
Sustainability – best practice in implementing principles throughout the business.
Sponsored by Werner & Mertz
City of Ghent: Sustainable cleaning from A to Z
Going full circle – Greenspeed’s circular cleaning approach
Markas: the Montichiari Hospital project
Ökologische Gebäudereinigung, Piepenbrock
Workforce – excellence in employee relationships, diversity & inclusion, rewards programmes, etc.
Cleanology puts health, safety and wellbeing for its workforce at the top of its agenda
Julius Rutherfoord & Co
“Markas Academy” Project
Maximum Impact, Breedweer Facilitaire Diensten
Best initiative raising the profile and perception of the professional cleaning sector – locally or on a wider level.
Partnership and Social Awareness, Tenterden Twilight Commercial Cleaning
Awareness raising project: the hygiene hands game for children, the infection prevention starts from the beginning!
LIFE (Labour Intensive Facility Event) – ANIP Road Show
How BESA promotes the importance of the professional cleaning sector through its ventilation hygiene training and industry standard TR19
Groundbreaking technological innovation of the year.
Sponsored by ISSA/INTERCLEAN
BeSense, CSU
Biorg
Malish Sonic Scrub
Tork PeakServe Continuous Hand Towel Dispensing System, Essity
Inspirational leader of the year.
Sponsored by Truvox International
Avril McCarthy, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
Jan-Hein Hemke, Facilicom UK
Lorenzo Mattioli, ANIP
Paul Ashton, Birkin Services
Greatest individual contribution to driving up standards of excellence within a cleaning operation.
Anna Sangaletti, Markas
Avril McCarthy, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialists
Soo Bartholomew, Birkin Services
The final award of the evening is the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Ceris Burns International. The winner of this award is selected by the judging panel and is not open to public nomination.
